arlington. his family plans to seek federal legislation so that his remains can be moved from arlington to a cemetery near the familyome in canton, ohio. military honors for bill cosby. cosby was among the recipients of the lone sailor awards last night at the tional museum. the award honors national sailors who served in the sea services. cosby is a navy veteran. former nfl quarterback ed la barren also received the award. he served with the marines, and lanier phillips was honored for beinghe first african-american sonar technician i the navy. and of course our own joe krebs is a navy veteran. >> briefly, yes. remarkable couple of years. a long time ago. stay with us, we've got "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00.

>> breaking news, three people are dead in an overnight crash involving an ambulance. we are live with dails. >> good morning, i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this thursday, september 16th, 2010. we want to take a live look outside right now. it is 65 degrees. a cool, refreshing morning. another autumn day. tom says clouds are moving in. good morning to you, tom. >> well, to help out our parched region with the drought ongoing we have a chance for much-needed rain. that is probably not going to be arriving until this evening, after sunset. between nownd then, another dry day. and right now around our region the temperatures are showing a mild start compared to the last couple oforning when it's been rather chilly. right ow it's generally in the low 60s in the suburbs and rural areas. upper 60s in washington and near the waters. out in the mountains, low 50s in many locations. eastn shore in the low 60s. and as we take a look at the view from space, we can show that on graphic 22, the view

from space is showing some ouds moving in from the north and west, and there are some showers beginning to move in there. here's the four-day tlook on graphic 22. we ha afternoon highs climbing to the mid 80s. and then overnight tonight is whene could pass that few passing showers, and then maybe some thunder, too. that wouldn't be done until after sunset. friday looks like some sunshine back withighs in the low 80s. saturday mostly sunny, l 80s again and a pleasant sunday as well. great weather for all of the games over the weekend and for outdoor recreaon, as well. now let's check traffic. >> pretty quiet morning as we get under way around town. nothing too much to fear. most of the major roadways seem to be doing pretty well. along i-270 the capital beltway south to town over at the wilson bridge we're okay. for those of you coming out of clarksburg, good news, lanes re open all the way on down. joe, eun? >> thank you, jerry. >> we begin with breaking news.

three people are dead after eir suv collided with an ambulance in prince george's county. inveigators say the suv was headed the wrong way down marlboro heights when the crash happened. megan mcgrath is live on the scene now with the latest. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. this was a violent crash. take a look behind me here. you can see the ambulance that was struck and it's just down the road a ttle bit. you can see the suv that is now up on its roof, flipped upside down here this happened a little bit afr midnight. police say the ambulance had just left the firehouse on a call. they were headed down marlboro pike when all of a sudden an suv crossed the center line and was actually poised totrike the ambulance head-on. now the driver of the ambulance swerved to try to get out of the way, the suv struck the side of the ambulance. it missed th cab where the two paramedics were seated but it did rip open the patient compartment of the ambulance.

the suv then continued down marlboro pike for a short distance, hit a brick wall, hit a utility pole and then flipped over onto its roof. three people inside the suv were killed in this crash. we're told that the paramedics, they were transported to the hospital as a precaution but they are expected to be okay. but a violent collision here on marlboro pike. the road in the 5600 block is closed. not sure how long that's going to be the case but i could impact rush hour this morning. investigators still documenting this crash, trying to piece together exactly what happened. should mention that all of this was captured on video. there was a mounted camera on the dash board of the ambulance, and so they do have video of this collision. the ambulance was on its way to a call, had just left the fire house. they had their lights andirens on at the time this all occurred. >> just a horrible accident. megan, thanks so much. all eyes in the district are looking forward to the future now that voters have chosen

new mayor. vincent gray and current mayor adrian fenty are both expected to be at a democratic unity breakfast this morning. many are wondering whether the change in powe will bring a change in the schools chancellor position. news 4's elaine reyes joins us live from the newsroom. she has more on this. good morning, elai. >> good morning, joe. neither side is saying much. vincent gray wants to get past the november general election before making any personnel decisions. and schools chancello michelle rhee is continuing to make her decision based on the current school year. education was a major campaign issue for both gray and fenty. the mayor's choice as chancellor and the reform of the school system didn go over very well with much of the electorate. so the big question asked during all the post-election news conferences yesterday, will michelle rhee stay or go? she called the electio results a significant change in direction, but vowed to work with both chairman gray and fenty.

>> we'renot going to be turning back any clocks on school reform, we're going to be moving forward. >> the demand that more politicians stand up and you know, are willing to make the hard decisions likedrian fenty has done over the last 3 1/2 years. >> now registered schools are featured in a new documentary on school reform called waiting for superman. rhee is one of several people interviewed in that movie. both fenty and rhee say their management decisions played a huge impact on those primary results. joe, back to you. >> elaine reyes reporting live from the newsroom. thanks very much. four fbi agents are accused ofaking steroids and lying about it. accding to arrest affidavits, each filled prescriptions for steroids and human growth hormones and covered up the fact that they used them. the fbi used the medica forms to assess their fitness for duty. in response the fbi said quote, employees must be held to the highest standards of ethical

conduct. the agents cannot use their weapons while the investigation proceeds. looks like could be a weekend of dangerous rip currents alone the east coast thanks to hurricane igor. that category 4 storm is far out to see, but large swells and high surf are expectedo affect the virgin islands, the baham and parts of the east coast by later today. hurricane julia, another category 3 storm, is also churningar out fm land, out in the atlantic. and meanwhile tropical storm karl has pushed across mexico's yucatan peninsula, and lashing beach resorts there. mexico's government has now issued a hurricane watch for its central coast. the brok oil well in the gulf of mexico m be fixed for good by the start of next week. former coast guard admiral thad allen says the work on the relief well should be finished tonight. after that work will start on the bottom kill. that involves pumping thick mud and cement into the well and could be completed this weekend.

that would take care of sealing the well, but cleaning up from the mess, of course, it created will likely take much, much longer. >> -- 5 million barrels was at some point in the subsurface. one quarter sounds like a small amount. but that's the equivalent of four "exxon valdez" oil spills. >> meanwhile, the seafood industry insists shrimp, fish and oysters from the gulf are safe to eat. 5:08 is your time now. coming up, no texting and driving. now there's an app to stop you. >> police arrted one man in connection with armed robberies in college park. we're live with what you need to know. >> and we'll get another look at your forecast and traffic headlines.

gorgeous picture of the united states capitol out there this morning. look at that. isn't that a wonderful picture? 65 degrees and we have some clouds above, as tom says. let's get the update on the forecast. >> good morning. we have some clouds rolling in ahead of a weather system that will liely bring us some passing showers after sunset today. between now and then another dry day. no trave problems weatherwise off to work and school on this thursday morning. good morning. now 68 at national airport, temperatures in prince george's, arlington, air fax, montgomer county in the low 60s.

elsewhere weather watch is reporting upper 60s. afternoon highs in the mid 80s. a bit of a southerly breeze. even wh the clouds we warm up into the low to mid 80s by midafternoon. and becoming quite cloudy by late afternoon. after sunset. chance for passing shower, maybe some thunder. after midnight, we ought to see the clouds starting to break up. morning lows 60s, afternoon highlow 8s. looks like a nice weekend to follow. afternoon highs in the low 80s saturday and sunday. good weather for all the outdoor activity an the latest into next week coming up here in ten minutes. how's the traffic now, jerry? >> thursday morning, relatively quiet downtown, anyway. live pictures of 395, otherwise known as the southeast/southwest freeway between ann cost yeah and the potomac. very light volume of trfic and all the major roadways in town. very, very light and smooth sailing. let's update you over in prince george's county, capital beltway both the inner loop and outer loop between i-95 south to the

wilson bridge looking pretty good. moving along very well. joe, eun? >> thank you, jerry. >> it's n 5:13. ahead on "news 4 today," a popular diet drug gets a closer look. why a health panel is concerned this morning. >> plus the end of a murder case that prosecutors say started on an adult chat line. >> police arrested one man in connection with armed robberies in college park. we're live with what you need to know.

5:16 is your time now. time for a check of the top stories. three people are dead after

their suv collided with an ambulance in prince george's county. investigators say the suv was headed the wrong way down marlboro pike in district heights when it side-swiped the ambulance. all three men in the suv were killed. two ambulance workers were taken to the hospital, butre expected to be okay. prince george's county police say they're investigating a string of robberies in the college park area. officers have raesed one man and they're now searching for two others. police say that 19-year-old churner was one person who robbed a student near the university omaryland campus on august 8th. he remains in custody this morning. and the damaged oil well in the gulf of mexico could be fixed for good within days. the coast guard says a relief well should be finished tonight. work on the so-called bottom kill would begin after that and could be completed this weekend. a former high school football sta will spend the next three decades in prison. he was convicted of murder in a scheme that prosecutors say started on an adult chat line.

news 4's jackie bensen has more. >> reporter: these grainy security images show the prelude to a cold blooded murder. prosecutors claimhe person in the lighter gray coat is a young man named tommy west. they say he was using a cell phone belonging to his cousin, also seen here, to lure a man to his death in a dark, lonely spot behind a landover middle school. other cameras show the same two men leaving the area a short time later. investigators learned suspect and victim had met on an adult phone chat line. they wouldn't say which one. >> ostensibly the arrangement was for some kind of, apparently sexual liaison to take place in the victim's vehicle. >> reporter: investigators learned that tommy west, just 19 at the time, had posted a series of pictures online, which showed him holding a gun, semiautomatic with an extended clip. it was laterdetermined to have been the weapon used to shoot the victim behinthe school. 40-year-old george white jr. of

fort washington, who was also robbed. >> ran bk, pulled back. >> reporter: during the trial, defense council argued that whack's conduct was out of character. that he was a talented athlete, a football standout, someone with a future. the judge noted whack's criminal history and sentenced him to the maximum penalty, 30 years in prison. >> wh you kill somebody, i think athletics become secondary from the standpoint of what's going to happen to you for the rest of your life. he clearly killed this man in cold blood, left him for dead and to his cell phone so he couldn't even call 911 to get help. >> reporter: in april a popular d.c. school pncipal was murdered by suspects police say he met on a phone chat line. jackie bensen, "news 4 today." the man who held police at bay in a nine-hour standoff in prince george's county is in critical condition this morning. the standoff started late tuesday night on richboro road in capital heights, and ended yesterday morning when the suspect shot himself.

at one point, eight people were held hostage. all of them are okay. one of the hostages told ne 4 that the gunman was upset over a breakup with his girlfriend. heads up if you take the diet drug meridia. an advisory panel to the fda is trying to get it pulled from the market, or at least restricted. the group warns that the risks of meridia outweigh the benefits. in a study of 9,000 people who took it, patients lost an average of 5 to 8 pounds but experienced a 16% increase in het attacks and strokes. for eight pounds of weight loss, that's quite a high risk to take. >> i underand that people have coerns about the health risks. but at the same time, there are lots of drugs that people have concerns about. >> the fdas now considering an exerimental weight loss drug that has fewer side effects in clinical trials and patients lost an average of 17 pounds a year.

well, lawmakers from both parties are expected to put aside their different views on health care tay and join together for a good cause. msnbc's "morning joe" program will host a bipartisan health challenge down on the national mall. the event will begin at 8:30 this morning with mika's lk, which will raise awareness about obesity. democratic senator evan bye, republican senator john thune and white house press secretary robert gibbs are among those attending. time again for weather and traffic on the 1s. >> and a nice mark for a walk. >> indeed. lookslike another beautiful day around the way. we have more clouds around, though. a chance for much-needed rain coming in after sunset tonight. and maybe a little bit of thunder, too, after sunset. but otherwise don't have any chance of any severe weher that does not appear. and we'll have some clouds coming through from time to time throughout the day today. right now off to a mild start in the low 60s in arlington, montgomery, prince george's and fairfax counties. upper 60s in washington and right near the bay and the tide water region and the atlantic beaches. the mountains a bit cooler in

the low 50s in many locations. afternoon highs climbing in the low to m 80s with a southerly breeze that will increse a bit with the clouds coming through. should be a cloudy finish to the afternoon. and then cloudy tonight. there is about a 40% chance for a pasng shower, mae some thunder after sunset. and then after midnight, clouds should begin to break up a bit. partly cloudy tomorrow morning lows 60s, afternoon highs low 80s. more of the same on saturday but more sunshine. good weather for the high school and college game. sunday 'skins play in the afternoon should be good weather for that. partly cloudy into the low 80s. and a look into next week. it appears we'll have more dry weather. an extended period of dry weather commencing, again, and it will be in place here with mier temperatures. jerry, how is the traffic? >> clear, dry road surfaces. very good news there. overnight roadwork picked up as we take a live look right at the maryland district line and eastern avenue, northbound/southbound moving along very, very nicely. so good news there. see if that good news continues as we head on over and update you along 270 southbound from

fredrick headed on down toward rockville, no early concers. vernight roadwork on i-70 near 270. that should be wrapped up. shouldn't be too much more. >> all right, jerry, thank you very much. >> time rig now 5:22. 66 degrees. coming up just how much the dulles metrorail project is over budget now. and why? >> plus if you find it hard to keep your fingers off your phone while you're driving a new phone app could help.

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the dulles metrorail project could end up costing $1.3 billion more than originally expected. the silver line would eventually extend from falls church to dulles airport in loudoun couny. phase one, which is already 20% complete, will cost around $2.75 billion.

now according to the metropolitan washington airport authority it looks like phase two will cost just as much. it's now considering building the stopt dulles airport above groundather than underground and that could save $640 million. a new cell phone app makes it impossible to text while driving. it shuts down all texting and e-mails once you drive more than ten miles per hour. the app won't let you get any incoming messagesr send any out. a built-in gps tracks your speed and tells the app when to shut down the cell phone. once you stop driving, the phone restores all missed messages, though. youdrive slowly and do some damage to the parking lot or a neighborhood. so be careful. >> it's now 5:26. 66 degrees. coming up in the next half hour we have the lateston the cleanup of a terrible accident ovnight involving an ambulance. three people are dead.

>> plus a warning from people who use online dating sites this morning. after a sexual assault. stay with us.

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after vincent gray's win over mayor adrian fenty. what this means for chancellor michelle rhee. i'm eun yang. >> i'm joe krebs. on this thursday, the 16th day of september, 2010. let's take a live look outside. some clouds above us, but a beautiful day otherwise. 66 degrees right now. and it's going to get warm, i think, tom, is that coect? >> yeah, a pleasant morning now. but it will warm into the mid 80s by midafternoon which is seven or eight degrees above the average for this time of the year. not unusual for mid-september. may be the last time we'll see that warm a temperature for another number of days as we get into the weekend. a bit of a cooling trend. right now we have considerable cloudiness around. it's in the low 60s in much of the region to upp 60s in washington and near the bay. highs will be climbing out of the 50s, in the mountains into the 70s. mid 80s elsewhere. and some increasing clouds coming in from the midwest as an area of low pressure passes to

the great lakes. it will drag a front through our region here and bring a chance or some much-needed rain. but that wouldn't happen until after sunset. and maybe some thunder, too. that would be between around 7:00 p.m. to perhaps as late as midnight tonight that that chance exists. after that it diminishes considerably. by dawn on friday,partly cloudy and in the upper 60s. during the day tomorrow should become mostly sunny by the afternoon with highs in the low 80s. and good weather for the high school games friday night. and on saturday, high school and llege games, great weather, afternoon highs climbing to low 80s and lots of sun. sunday, partly cloudy, good weather for the 'skins and textin's fedex field. it will be in the low 80s by then. a look into next week. let's check traffic now. >> very quiet morning along i-95 from fredericksburg all the way to the capital beltway. and395, landmark to sterlington. a few brake lights but that's the worst of it right now. the drive in from the north

along interstate 270 as we begin the commute on the frederick heading to germantown, gaiptersburg and rockville, all lanes are open. up the rails we go. first updat of the morning, trorail, cre and mark all starting off in fine shape. >> jerry, thank you. >> thanks, jer. now to the latest on the breaking ns we've been following all morning long. a deadly crash involving an suv and an ambulance. in prince george's county. three men in the suv were killed when the vehicles collided and the suv went out of control in the 5600 block of marlboro pike in distct heights. megan mcgrath is there live with the verlatest. megan, good morning. problems as you can see with the audio from megan mcgrath. her microphone has got some problems. we'l try to fix that. in other news sheriff's

deputies in virginia are warning people who use onine dating sites this morning after they say a woman was sexually assaulted by a man she met online. according to the loudoun county sheriff's office, 34-year-old john evans met the 37-year-old victim on the site back in june. in july she went to his home where officials say he held her against her will, and sexually assaulted her. sheriff's investigators are now concerned this woman was not evans' first victim. >> a situation like this, it's the same as someone who's been scammed. they don't want the embarrassment of someone knowing they've been scammed so they don't say anything. that's how these perpetrators continue to get by with their crimes. they don't come forward. if anybody is familiar with this person we'd certainly like to hear from them. >> eharmony released a statement saying it's, quote, deeply saddened to hr about this terrible incident. the website also said it immediately closed evans' account and notified all of his matches not to communicate with him. the company that hires metro access drivers is taking a

closer look at how those drivers are traed. mv transportation has authorized an independent investigation into the hiring and training of drivers. it comes in the wake of four complaints of sexual asult ainst metro access drivers. the company subcontracts with metro to operate the door-to-door service for disabled who are unable to use buses or rail service. mv transportation already conducts background checks and operates a 110-hour training pgram for new employees. now to the latest on the breaking news we've been following all morning. the breaking news is about that accident involving an suv and an ambulance in prince george's county. three men were killed when the vehicles collided, and the suv went out of control. this all happened in the 5600 block of marlboro pike and megan mcgrath, as we said, is there live. let's see if we have her microphone back. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morng, joe. i think we fixed the problem.

you can seehe ambulance that was involved in this violent crash. heavily damaged. this happened just after midnight. the ambulance had just left the fire station. they had their lights and sirens on. they were on their way to pick up a patient. they were traveling westbound on marlboro pike when off in the distance they saw the head lights of another vehicle traveling on the wrong side of the roadway. so they were set up for a head-on collision at that point. according to investigators, the driver of the ambulance swerved to avo colliding head-on with the suv. in doing so the suv side-swiped the ambulance and literally ripped open the patient compartment of the ambulance. fortunately there wasno one in the rear compartment because they had not yet picked up their patient. >> the right-hand de of that ambulance is totally obliterated. the passenger, the patient

compartment area, that whole wa is removed and exposed to the exterior. the suv traveled about another 120 feet, striking a brick wall, a utility pole before coming to rest on itsroof. arriving firefighters and paramedics determined that the three adult males inside that suv were deceased. >> so three people in the suv are dead. it's unclear whether alcohol played a factor in this crash in th incident here. now i should mention that all of this was caught on videotape. the ambulance actually had a camera mounted on the dashboard. and so investigators were able to look at that type and piece together exactly wat happened. we're told from a fire spokesperson that by looking at that tape you can see just how fast this v was traveling. again, down the wrong side of the roadway, just prior to this collision. so they really didn't have a whole lot of time to react here. but they were able to avoid that head-on collion by the driver of the ambulance swerving out of the way. fortunately, nobody, though, was in the rear of that ambulance,

because it was just ripped wide open. back to you in the studio. >> and i guess, megan, any indicion s far that the suv might have been stolen? i guess it's too early. >> we don't have any information about the suv at this point. no identities on the three people who died. all of them were inside that suv. there were only three occupants and all of them died. should mention that the folks in the ambulance are okay. that's good news. vincent gray and adrian fenty will attend anity breakfast together. now that gray appears likely to be the next maor, perhaps the biggest question people are asking is what will happen to d.c. schools chancellor michelle rhee. news 4's elaine reyesjoins us live from our newsroom with more on this story. elaine, good morning. >> good morning to you, eun. michelle rhee called the election results a significant change in direction, but vowed to work with a presumed future mayor, vincent gray. gray says he wants to getast

the november general election beforeaking any personnel decisions. education was a major campaign issue for both gray and fenty. thmayor's choice as chancellor and the reform of the school system didn't go over very well with much of the electorate. so the big question ked during all the postlection news conferences yesterday, will michelle rhee stay or go? >> i really just want to get an understanding of, you know, what his hopes and aspirations are. you know what he hopeso do in his first, you know, term as mayor, obviously. and you know, how i can help in any way that i can. >> the district schools are featured in a new documentary on school reform called "waiting for superman." rhee is one of several people interviewed in this upcoming movie. now, rhee says there needs to be more leaders who are willing to

stake everything to make sure kids get a better educion. back to you. >> we'll have to wait and see what happens to michelle rhee. elaine reyes in our newsroom, thank you. of course, you can see all the other primary results online. just go to nbcwashington.com. >> 5:39 isour time now. 66 degrees. the pope visits the uk. >> plus a family to lost a soldier in the war exhumes his body. they share their story in the arlington cemetery burial mix-up. >> plus we'll get another look at your weather and traffic. stay with us. we'll be right back. ♪

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the 1s. it is a t milder even in the mountains this morning, in the 50s. been in the 40s the last few days, and now this morning it's a bit milder. throughout most of the region in the low 60s. upper 60s in washington right near the bay and in the mountains in the mid and low 50s a few locations. eastern shore away from the waters. temperatures there are in the 60s, and we have a low pressure system moving through the great lakes region. spreading rain there, and sou of that is a trailing front that is delivering a few showers in ohio, indiana, kentucky and southern illinois. that wl be coming our way later today, probably aft sunset. but earlier in the mountains for some showers there this afternoon. but around the metro area and much of the region, chance for passing shower, maybe some thunder. highs before that in the mid 80s. then partly cloudy tomorrow, low 80s and mostly sunny saturday low 80s again. partly cloudy sunday, low 80s. look into next week and the tropics in ten minutes. how is traffic? >> smooth sailing. very quiet morning on dry

pavement. good news there. as youake a live look along i-95 northbound, there are the hov lanes, southbound, really moving along very nicy. good news if you're headed in that direction. elsewhere, the rush hour picking up a little bit of volume in a couple of spots. most notably 270 from i-70 down toward urbina. but no incidents. heavy again through rockville. 56 and the toll road are okay. i-95 between the capital beltway and the baltimore beltway looking good. and the overnight roadwork should be wrapped up. >> thank you. >> thank you, jerry. it is now 5:44. coming up the pope arrives in edinburgh, scotland this morning for a visit to england and scotland. this is the first time a pope has vsited britain since the 1980s. >> plus the latest on burial mix-ups at one of the nation's most hallowed sites. stay with us. [ male announcer ] how can rice production in india,

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5:47 is your time. here's another check of this morning's top stories. three men are dead after an suv they were in collided with an ambulance in prince george's county. investigators say the gmc suburban was headed the wrong way down marlboro pike when it side-swiped the ambulance. two medics in the ambulance were taken to the hospital but are expected to be okay. hurricane igor is threatening to bring dangerous rip crents to the east coast over the weekend.

meanwhile, heavy rain from tropical storm carl is falling on mexico's yucatan peninsula. the storm is movingtowards the gulf of mexico, where it's expected to pick up some steam before becoming a hurricane by the weekend. right now, pope benedict xvi has just arrived in the united kgdom this morning. his plane landed in scotland just a few moments a, from here he will travel to glasgow, and thenn to england. this trip is the first state visit by a pope to the united kingdom. these are live pictures, and you can see the crowds lining the streets there waiting for the pope and the popemobile to go by. police officers out there, queen elizabeth will receive him at her official residence in scotld this morning. this is symbolically significant because, of course, theistoric divide between that protestant tion and the roman catholic

church, a divide that goes all the way back to hen very viii. you can see the hope's motorcade. they will have a meeting in just a few moments one would expect. >> police in fairfax county need your help finding a man who tri to rob a woman as she sat in her car in the middle of the afternoon. police say the victim was stopped at a red light at lee highway and merrilee drive last wednesday when a man two cars back got out, and demanded money. the light turned green and the woman drove away unharmed. here is a look at the suspect. police say he is a hispanic man about 25 years old, 5'10", he has short, black hair, a thick mustache, freckles and a gap between his two front teeth. a psible break this morning in a string of robberies near the university of maryld. >> one man is in custody for one of the -- one of two robberies. one of a series -- but the

search continues for two other men. news 4's tracee wilkins joins us live in college park. good morning, tracee. >> good morning, joe. we've been talking about these robberies. it has been a shock to the folks who live in this community and the students who live off campus, as well. since the beginning of the school year, it appears that there have been robbers who believe that they can make money off of university of maryland students by robbing them in this area. surveillance deo helped to make one arrest. now police say they still have two other suspects who are running. prince george's county polic arrested 19-year-old jah of silver springs. police say he and two other students robbed a student on august 8th. now jah was arrested at his me. now this was one of five robberies that have happened here in college park, all within an eleven-day span. three of the robberies involved students. these all happened off campus. now these robberies are violent. and in some cases involved weapons. and police don't know if they

were all connected or not. but what they do know is that students need to be careful, and so do folks who live here in the college park area near the universit of maryland. police have posted signs like this one, talking about prime-time, saying that between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. people need to be planning thr walks, walking in groups or staying in if at all possible because most of these robberies have been happening in the early morning hours. tracee wilkins liv this morning in college park. >> okay, thanks, tracee. here is a story that might creep you out just a bit. students on two college campuses in north carolina are now being forced out of their dormitories this morning because of bed bugs. these blood-sucking parasites, that sounds like an inadult, doesn't it? they were found in dorms at wake forest university, and now students are being moved out so the schools can move in and spray for pests and clean all the ds. this outbreak is the latest in what appears to be a bed bug

resurgence. experts attribute that to an increase in overseas travel, and a change in products and methods usd to kill the bugs. >> that is gross. even if you trust that after it's sprayed you want to go back and sleep? >> what have they sprayed it with? >> yuck. oh, well. we're having a nice day so far, tom. >> yes, let's go on to a more pleasant topic. >> yeah. >> we do have a dry pattern continuing today. but thankfully, achance for some much-needed rain cing in after sunset. this evening, here is a look at the temperatures around, as we approach 6:00 in the morning. it's inhe low to mid 60s throughout much of the regn. so milder morning under way. right now 68 at national airport. upper 60s right near the water. and in the mountas this morning, it's generally in the low 50s. and we have just a few high clouds coming in fromhe midwest now ahead of some rain

that moving into ohio and kentucky. and that will be coming our way by later on. meanwhile in the tropics, we've got this tropical storm karl moving into southern meco later today. but this is powerful hurrican igor. right now thankfully th latest trend is igor is going to stay to the east of bermuda and out in the open waters in the atlaic. for students waiting at buses, pleasant morning. partly cloudy to partly sunny at times. in the 60s to near 70. by noon, upper 70s. by mid afternoon the mid 80s with thickening clouds, blustery southerly wind and then this evening a chance for some passi showers and maybe some thunder. that should probably endy midnight or so and partly cloudy by dawn, tomorrow in the 60s. on friday, looks like increasing sun tomorrow afternoon into the low 80s. d good weather fo all the high school games friday night, and high school and college games on saturday. and for the skins games sund afternoon. in to next week should be dry again monday, tuesday, wednesday with highs in the 80s and morning lows near 60. now jerry on to traffic. >> back in the olden days w

would fear talking about the wilson bridge. not this morning. moving along very nicely inner loop and outer loop traveling between oxon hill and alendria. no hang-ups. elsewhere a little bit of volume in a couple of spots here. making the trip around new york avenue, just picking up volume coming in over the anacostia all the way down towards the third street tunnel. this is right here, fordvenue looks like crews have wrapped up the overnight roadwork at new york avenue and ford avenue. out to the rails we go. metrorail, smooth sailing. >> no delay. like that, jerry. thank you. >> the family of an ohio marine killed in iraq in 2006 was at arngton national cemetery to exhume his body. >> scott warner says that he was concerned that his son might be buried in the wrong spot aft he learned about the revelations that hundredsf graves were unmarked or mislabeled. jane watrel reports. >> reporter: in america's hallowed ground, section 60 of

arlington national cemetery is the final resting place for those who died in iraq. private first class heath warner was buried here in 2006. four years later his family is at arlington to make sure their son was in the right plot. >> he's so missed and our family, even after going on four years, this transition from being a family of five to four, we still don't have our arms around it. >> reporter: the warners say they got worried in the wake of the arlington cemetery scandal that broke in june. investigators found over 200 graves that were unmarked or mislabeled. arlington officials exhumed the marine's body. and the warners were able to identify their son by his distinct tattoos. >> it's a japanese kanji and it means kill evil instantly. heath was a freedom fighter. and it was in his heart. he had a greater love for

everyone else than himself. >> reporter: this is the second time a service member has been exhumed at arlington during to a family request. the first one was a few weeks ago, when the widow of an army staff sergeant wanted to be sure her husband was buried in the correct gre. arlington officials discovered the staff sergeant was buried in the wrong grave, and that two other plots were also mismarked. officials say up to 6,600 graves may be affected. >> we're going to continue to work with any family that calls arlington cemetery to make sure they're confident as we go in and fix these processes. >> reporter: the warners say no family should have to go through the pain of a second burial. >> we did this for him. we're so sorry that we had to do this. but hopefully we can bring the dignity and the honor back. >> reporter: jane watrel, news 4. heath warner s reburied at arlington. his family plans to seek federal

legislation so that his remains can be moved from arlington to a cemetery near theamily home in canton, ohio military honors for bill cosby. cosby was among the recipients of the lone sailor awards last night at the national museum. the award honors national leaders who served in the sea services. cosby is a navy veteran. he was nominated for s contribution entertainment. former nfl quarterback ed la barren also received the award. he served with the marines, and lanier phillips was honored for being the first african-american sonar technician in the navy. congratulations. >> absolutely. and i love tt statue. the lone sair. very impressive. next at 6:00 a.m. we'll have more news. stay with us. we're coming right back.